Amy and I had a few days off, so instead of sitting around the house, we decided to go somewhere. She originally wanted to go to Disney Land, but I'm not quite in the mood for that yet, "Maybe another time dear." We put our heads together and came up with Telluride, CO. We spent a week camping in that area a few years ago, but we'd never been there in the winter, so we packed our bags and headed south.
Dropping into Moab- Red rock and no snow
Going into Paradox Valley
A storm greets us in Telluride
Our Digs
We stayed at the New Sheridan Hotel on Main Street in Telluride. The hotel was built in the 1890s and then renovated to it's current state in 1994. Our floor was hostel style which means there were shared male and female bathrooms on our floor. It had a great continental breakfast, and we were provided with ski lockers and boot dryers.
Our comfy room
The lobby
The Town
Telluride is an old mining town situated in a box canyon. There are no chains or franchises in the town. All of the houses are old mining style. You can walk to everywhere in the town, the ski resort even has chair lifts and runs that go right in to town.
This gondola house was 2 blocks from our hotel
Ski Day
The night we arrived, it was snowing pretty hard, so when we woke up the next day, we were quite pleased to see bluebird skies. It is a little weird skiing somewhere you've never been, but it was fun to explore. My two lasting impressions of Telluride: Lots of moguls, and STEEP
It was a bright day
The hike to nowhere
Moguls: Conquered
On top of the world
So it was a great trip, and we will be back.
We'll finish this extra long post with some random pics from the trip
Violators will be towed
This place has some good mexican food
Road block
